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Edge of Empires, a History of Georgia. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78023-070-2. Brosset, Marie-Félicité (1849). Histoire de la Géorgie depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle. Volume I [History of Georgia from Ancient Times to the 19th Century, Volume 1] (in French). Saint-Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences.
The August 2008 Russo-Georgian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Georgia, [note 3] was a war waged against Georgia by the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The fighting took place in the strategically important South Caucasus region. It is regarded as the first European war of ...
1774–1775 Pugachev's Rebellion; 1775–1783 American Revolutionary War; 1778–1779 War of the Bavarian Succession; 1784 Kettle War; 1784–1785 Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan; 1785 Battle of the Sunja; 1787 Dutch Patriot Revolt; 1787–1792 Russo-Ottoman War; 1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War; 1789–1802 French Revolutionary Wars ...
Early states in present-day Georgia, c. 600 to 150 BC. Iberia (Georgian: იბერია, Latin: Iberia and Greek: Ἰβηρία), also known as Iveria (Georgian: ივერია), was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the Georgian kingdom of Kartli [1] (4th century BC – 5th century AD), corresponding roughly to east and south present-day Georgia.
The war aroused little enthusiasm from the people in Georgia, who did not see much to be gained from the conflict, although 200,000 Georgians were mobilised to fight in the army. When Turkey joined the war on Germany's side in November, Georgia found itself on the frontline.
Invasion of Georgia (1742), part of the War of Jenkins' Ear when Spanish forces attempted to seize the British colony of Georgia; an Invasion of Georgia during the American War of Independence in April 1778 by British forces, St. Simons, GA#American Revolution; Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863; Burning of Atlanta, September 1864 Battle of ...
[18] [19] Russian forces reached the town of Senaki that day and took a military base there. [16] August 12 - President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that he had ordered an end to military operations in Georgia. However, Russian air raids did not stop in Georgia. Russian troops marched in Poti and took up positions around it. [20]
Between the two ran a road the width of one wagon, named Military Road. This served to supply the garrison at Fort Frederica and settlers in the nearby village from Fort St. Simons. The battles took place after a Spanish invasion of the island. They were part of the larger conflict known as the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739 to 1748).